Re: [mythtv-users] whats the best graphics card for HD playback?

2006-01-21 Thread Frank Lynch
On 1/21/06, Chris Ribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm in a similar situation to you, Frank, and I am looking for an answer to the same question. From what I've gathered so far, the NVidia 5200 series seem to work the best. I'd like to hear more confirmation on that before I go drop $40 on

[mythtv-users] whats the best graphics card for HD playback?

2006-01-20 Thread Frank Lynch
Hi Folks, I' running myth on an AMD Athalon 3000 XP with an nvidia GeForce MX 4000 card (which only has 64MB of RAM). I can playback most HD streams with simple xv accelaration enabled (without XvMC), but 1080i streams stutter. When I enable XvMC I cannot even playback 720p streams, it stutters

Re: [mythtv-users] DCT-6200 Firewire issue

2005-12-12 Thread Frank Lynch
On 11/30/05, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wrote a script that would change the channel +1 run test-mpeg and if data was received write the channel and ok in a text file. This was so I could quickly figure out what channels were 5C'd for me, through the whole script I didn't run

[mythtv-users] recommended joysticks or gamepads for xmame and mythgame

2005-11-11 Thread Frank Lynch
I was wondering if someone could recommend a set of gamepads or joysticks that work well with xmame and mythgame? I would love to use a pair of wireless gamepads if thats possible. Are there any gotcha's tips or tricks that I should be aware of. Are there any issues to be aware of, or do most/all

Re: [mythtv-users] Unable to Fully Delete a Recording

2005-10-15 Thread Frank Lynch
On 10/14/05, Alberto Alonso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Recreate the files, you can do empty files for this. For example: touch /video/recordings/filename If you don't know the filename look at your backend logs when you use mythweb, it will show the files that it can't open. Then go ahead

[mythtv-users] transcoded video playback uses the wrong aspec ratio

2005-10-15 Thread Frank Lynch
I just starting to transcoding my recordings to mpeg4, everything is workinig well, expcept that when I start playback of a transcoded video the aspect ratio is set incorrectly. I normally use the 4:3 zoom aspect ratio (NTSC setup with pvr-350 using ivtv's vx support), but when I playback a

Re: [mythtv-users] Crash while fast-forwarding live tv

2005-10-09 Thread Frank Lynch
On 10/8/05, Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Running 18.1 with a PVR-350 card, using the TV-out. Watching hockey tonight and paused the game. Hit fast-forward to skip the commercials and when it caught up to the live TV, it crashed. Twice. Couldn't get the the machine via the network, had to

Re: [mythtv-users] xbox linux distros

2005-10-05 Thread Frank Lynch
On 10/5/05, Robert Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/4/05, Phill Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have advice on a good Xbox Linux distro for a Myth frontend system? http://bit.blkbk.com/ Also heaps in the archives on this, some from just the last few days.

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 TV-Out with Xv support

2005-10-04 Thread Frank Lynch
On 10/4/05, Jesse Guardiani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank Lynch wrote: Hi Folks, I have X running over the TV-out on my PVR-350, everything works quite well and myth is very impressive. That is, until I attempt to play back a DVD - a lot of frames get dropped, audio gets out of synch etc

[mythtv-users] PVR-350 TV-Out with Xv support

2005-10-03 Thread Frank Lynch
Hi Folks, I have X running over the TV-out on my PVR-350, everything works quite well and myth is very impressive. That is, until I attempt to play back a DVD - a lot of frames get dropped, audio gets out of synch etc. From what I've read the problem is that I don't have Xv support in the version

[mythtv-users] OT: enabling xfs in Fedora Core 4

2005-09-08 Thread Frank Lynch
Hi Folks, This is completely off topic, but given the number of fedora users on this list I figured I'd go ahead and ask. I built a FC4 system, but forgot to enable xfs at install time. Ext3 isn't cutting it for storage of large media files. So I'm wondering if it is possible to enable xfs in

[mythtv-users] safely exposing mythweb to the net.

2005-09-01 Thread Frank Lynch
Hi Folks, I'm really starting to like my MythTV box, this is a great project! In case its relevant I'm running myth 18.1 on Fedora Core 4. I'd like to be able to access mythweb from the public Internet (so that I can schedule recordings when I'm not at home etc..). With this in mind I cretaed an

Re: [mythtv-users] safely exposing mythweb to the net.

2005-09-01 Thread Frank Lynch
On 9/1/05, Justin Hornsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank Lynch wrote: Hi Folks, I'm really starting to like my MythTV box, this is a great project! In case its relevant I'm running myth 18.1 on Fedora Core 4. I'd like to be able to access mythweb from the public Internet (so that I

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350(MBD)

2005-08-31 Thread Frank Lynch
On 8/31/05, Mike Daugird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been reading a lot of stuff trying to get my box up and running. It seems that everyone except me got the PVR-250. I bought the 350 and now I am having a hard time getting any internet howto's to jive. Is it possible to have the system

[mythtv-users] lirc troubles with pvr-350 on fedora core 3.

2005-08-20 Thread Frank Lynch
Hi Folks, I'm having a little difficulty in getting my pvr-350's remote to function with myth 18.1 on Fedora Core 3. I have followed the steps in the howto at http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php#lirc but when I fire up /usr/bin/irw to test there is no output. I checked /var/log/messages[1] and

[mythtv-users] Re: lirc troubles with pvr-350 on fedora core 3.

2005-08-20 Thread Frank Lynch
a coldboot to function once, I'm thinking that I might need to update the firmware on my pvr-350? On 8/20/05, Frank Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Folks, I'm having a little difficulty in getting my pvr-350's remote to function with myth 18.1 on Fedora Core 3. I have followed the steps

[mythtv-users] lirc works once only thats only after a cold boot.

2005-08-20 Thread Frank Lynch
Hi Folks, Apologies if anyone gets duplicate copies of this email, there appears to be issues posting to this list from gmail, anyway... I'm having a little difficulty in getting my pvr-350's remote to function with myth 18.1 on Fedora Core 3. I have followed the steps in the howto at

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: lirc troubles with pvr-350 on fedora core 3.

2005-08-20 Thread Frank Lynch
Hi Nick, Thanks for the reply. On 8/20/05, Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd try (as root) 'service lircd status' to make sure LIRC isn't failing, [EMAIL PROTECTED] mythtv]# /sbin/service lircd status lircd (pid 3823) is running... [EMAIL PROTECTED] mythtv]# and running 'irrecord' to see if

Re: [mythtv-users] lirc works once only thats only after a cold boot.

2005-08-20 Thread Frank Lynch
On 8/20/05, Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/20/05, Frank Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Folks, Apologies if anyone gets duplicate copies of this email, there appears to be issues posting to this list from gmail, anyway... Not that I'm aware of. The only likely issue is that you

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: lirc troubles with pvr-350 on fedora core 3.

2005-08-20 Thread Frank Lynch
On 8/20/05, Ernie Lim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mythtv-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Lynch Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 5:46 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Re: lirc troubles

[mythtv-users] unable to play video on frontend (but dvd works).

2005-08-04 Thread Frank Lynch
Hi Folks, I'm building my first mythbox, gentoo linux, pvr-350, nvidia geforce mx4000. I have run into an issue that I have been unable to find an answer to. I can playback dvd's, record tv shows, but when I try to or watch live tv or playback recorded shows my mythfrontend complains that it is

[mythtv-users] mtyh email client?

2005-03-09 Thread Frank Lynch
Hi Folks, I'm seriously thinking about building a PVR. I've done some research and I really like the look of MythTV. I really like the fact that you have an integrated news reader web browser. I was wondering if there are any plans to integrate an email client? I was also wondering if its sane